Piotr Wawrzeniuk

• Name — Piotr Wawrzeniuk • Occupation — Musician, singer, historian • Born — 25 January 1971 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Education — Södertörn University • Title — Senior Lecturer at Södertörn University

Wawrzeniuk was a member of Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, of a doom metal side project of Therion and Entombed members—Serpent, Swedish death metal band Carbonized, and Swedish punk rock group The Robots. He was a singer and drummer for Therion between 1992 and 1996. Later he performed as a guest lead vocalist on Secret of the Runes (2001) bonus tracks, Lemuria and Sirius B (2004), and also as a live vocalist during the 20th Year Anniversary Tour in 2007. A cooperation with Joakim Knutsson (Rise and Shine) resulted in creation of Downforce of Doom. Wawrzeniuk released five albums with Stockholm based punk rock band The Robots, beginning in 1991.

Wawrzeniuk holds a PhD in history. His thesis is Confessional civilising in Ukraine: the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708 Med polska ögon. Försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring Östersjön i polsk militär rapportering 1919-1939 assesses Polish military perspectives on defence capacity and threat perceptions in Sweden, Finland and Estonia during the interwar years. He published articles within the field of genocide studies. He works as lecturer in military history at Swedish Defence University.